intj
Meaning 1
Expressing excitement or approval.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang
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Standard Lemma guide
yeet
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intj
Meaning 2
A sudden expression used while throwing something, especially with force.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang
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noun
Meaning 3
A type of dance involving dipping one's shoulder and swinging both hands out, while an audience repeatedly chants "YEET yah, yah, yah, yah".
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verb
Meaning 4
To throw (something) with great force; to hurl.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang, transitive
Examples
- yeet the baby
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verb
Meaning 5
To move quickly; to dash, zoom.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive, slang, uncommon
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verb
Meaning 6
To self-harm.
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Usage: Internet, intransitive
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verb
Meaning 7
To ye (address with the pronoun "ye").
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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History
Etymology
Popularized in March 2014 by the "yeet" dance which went viral on the now-defunct video sharing site Vine. The earliest known yeet dance is recorded in a YouTube video uploaded on February 3, 2014. However, examples of the interjection can be found much earlier, including a 1998 use by British presenter Jeremy Clarkson as well as a 2008 definition of "yeet yeet" on Urban Dictionary. As an expression used when throwing something, apparently coined by Vine user David Banna in a Vine uploaded on or before March 28, 2014 in which he throws a CD and yells out "YEET!", as well as a Vine uploaded April 4, 2014 of a high school student hurling an empty soda can and shouting "This bitch empty! YEET!" After the 2014 trend, the term faded into relative obscurity before resurging in 2018.
From Middle English yeten, ȝeten, from Middle English ye, ȝe (“ye”) + -ten. Compare Middle English thouten.